GF Tomlinson completes £1.8m Coventry school project

A 3,600 sq ft early years learning block has been signed off at Pearl Hyde Primary School, delivered on behalf of Coventry City Council.

The GSS-designed scheme provides enhanced learning and play spaces, a dedicated outdoor area for pupils, and two new offices – with the project also expanding the school’s SEND provision by transforming the school’s former reception classroom, alongside a connected sensory room.

The project marks Derbyshire-based G F Tomlinson’s first appointment with Coventry City Council through the Constructing West Midlands Framework .

Multi-disciplinary consultancy Pick Everard worked alongside Coventry City Council and G F Tomlinson to provide Employer’s Agent and cost management services.

Andy Sewards, Chairman at G F Tomlinson, said: “From the outset, this project has been particularly significant for G F Tomlinson as our first appointment with Coventry City Council through the constructing West Midlands framework. It has been fantastic to see the vision become a reality, with new, high-quality spaces that will make a genuine difference to pupils and staff.

“The new early years facilities and dedicated SEND provision will provide an enhanced environment for learning and development, and we are delighted to have played our part in delivering facilities that will benefit the school and wider community for many years to come.”

Cllr Abdul Salam Khan, Cabinet Member for Education, Skills and Equalities at Coventry City Council, added: “The new facilities are fantastic, with modern, beautifully designed learning and play spaces. There is a real focus on pupil wellbeing and making sure the environment is not only the best it can be for education, but also to make the pupils feel comfortable and at home in their new surroundings.

“Thank you to everyone involved in the project. It has been a real team effort that has rightly always had the pupils at its heart and it has delivered a great new facility that will have lasting benefits for children, their families and school staff.”